#B149C9#B149C9

#B149C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.206 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B149C9
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 201)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 63.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 60.35, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 76.94, 321.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1568 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.206 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0553, 18.3307, 57.1494)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B149C9 #61C949

analogous

#7149C9 #B149C9 #C949A1

triadic

#B149C9 #C9B149 #49C9B1

tetradic

#B149C9 #C97149 #61C949 #49A1C9

square

#B149C9 #C97149 #61C949 #49A1C9

split-complementary

#B149C9 #A1C949 #49C971

monochromatic

#652375 #8E31A4 #B149C9 #C578D7 #D9A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B149C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B149C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B149C9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B149C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B149C9	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2470CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b149c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.206 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc83da',
    500: '#b149c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b149c9;
$custom-light: #cc83da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b149c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59406,
    "c": 0.20581,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B149C9

secondary

#A6D29C

accent

#DE4A66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B149C9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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